Over the next few weeks, I’m taking a short sabbatical. I realized I needed time to regroup, rest, and renew my spirit. Little triggers that crept into my brain warned me I needed to care for myself. Failure to adhere to these warning signs often leaves me angry,…

What does your pain feel like? Is it burning, sharp, pulling, shooting, or achy? Describing pain is difficult. In fact, many words used to describe pain are metaphors or similes: It’s like being stabbed by a knife or burned by a hot stove, for example. Yet a lot of people…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering updating the prescribing information for Altuviiio (efanesoctocog alfa) to include final data on a clinical trial that tested the now-approved therapy in children with hemophilia A. Sanofi, which markets Altuviiio in the U.S., submitted a supplemental biologics license…

Switching from on-demand treatment to regular preventive therapy with extended half-life products may mean fewer bleeds, healthier joints, and better quality of life for people with hemophilia. That’s according to a new analysis of Phase 3 study data from trials involving more than 100 hemophilia patients that spanned a…

My husband, Jared, and I have now been married five years! In celebration of our anniversary, I dedicate this letter to him. To my dearest husband (and our daughter’s one and only “bleedy boy“), Five years have passed since the day we made a lifelong commitment to each…

The protein missing or defective in people with hemophilia A, called blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII), is able on its own to stimulate immune responses in a mouse model, a study suggests. This immune response to FVIII is dependent on a set of distinct immune cells within the spleen,…

More bleeding episodes may mean a lower quality of life and less productivity at work for men with hemophilia A living in Europe, according to an analysis of data from the CHESS II retrospective study. The analysis, “The impact of bleeding event frequency on health-related quality of life…

When it came time to teach my oldest son, Julian, how to shave, I chickened out. The thought of putting a razor blade on his face terrified me. I lived with an unsupported fear that I’d instruct him poorly and a cut might unleash a river of blood. I…

A small percentage of young people with hemophilia A who are on preventive treatment with Hemlibra (emicizumab) experience severe muscle bleeds that require prolonged factor replacement therapy. These are the findings of a real-world, multicenter study in the U.S. which also show that most of these severe muscle…

Nuwiq (simoctocog alfa) effectively prevented and controlled bleeds in previously untreated people with severe hemophilia A, according to data from a Phase 3 clinical trial. Full trial results were reported in the study, “Simoctocog alfa (Nuwiq) in previously untreated patients with severe haemophilia A — Final efficacy…